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298. At the 41st meeting, on 28 March 2008, the representative of Uruguay (on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States and the European Union) introduced draft resolution A/HRC/7/L.34, sponsored by Uruguay and co-sponsored by Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Maldives, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Subsequently, Armenia, Australia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guinea, Ireland, New Zealand, the Philippines, Senegal, Serbia, Sri Lanka and the Russian Federation joined the sponsors.

299. At the same meeting, the representative of Uruguay orally revised the draft resolution by modifying the fifth, ninth, tenth and twelfth preambular paragraphs and operative paragraphs 7, 14, 23 (a), 31 (a) and 34 (d); inserting a new operative paragraph after operative paragraph 8, a new operative paragraph 23 (c), a new operative paragraph after operative paragraph 29, and a new operative paragraph after operative paragraph 40.

300. Statements in connection with the draft resolution were made by the representatives of Bangladesh, Egypt and Switzerland.

301. The draft resolution, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote (for the text as adopted, see part one, chapter I, resolution 7/29).